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Urgent Care at St Mary’s Hospital is currently experiencing unprecedented numbers of patients, who have attended the service for minor complaints rather than seek assistance from their GP or other services. Those visiting the hospital's Urgent Care Service are facing...

A reward of £1,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and charge of 51-year-old ​​Henry Thomas Henderson from Sandown, who is wanted by Police in connection with a serious assault.  Henderson, of Downsview, is being sought...

UPDATED: The brand new Cowes Floating Bridge has been suspended for the second time in just 24 hours and just 2 days after entering service. The £3.2million vessel was hit by a total loss of power as it departed East...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision at Skew Bridge has closed the main road between Lake and Shanklin this morning (Monday).  1 vehicle - a Ford Fiesta - is understood to have collided into the bridge, resulting in the road becoming blocked...

Photo: Freshwater Fire Station UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tackled a summerhouse fire in Freshwater this evening (Sunday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Newport were mobilised to an address on Bay Road at 18:15...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge has broken down less than 24 hours after entering service, resulting in motorists and foot passengers becoming stranded on board. At just before 11:00 it is said all power was lost to the vessel as it...

Photo: Cllr Love/Facebook The brand new £3.2million Cowes Floating Bridge has been labelled a 'complete cock up' by locals on its first day in operation, with many vehicles left unable to disembark from the chain ferry without scraping the recently remodelled...

Cowes RNLI launched to the aid of a disabled sailor at the start of his Round Britain and Ireland challenge after his 9m yacht suffered engine failure at just before midnight last night (Friday). Keith White embarked on his charity challenge with...

A prison officer at HMP Isle of Wight is said to have been seriously assaulted after being dragged into a cell and beaten by an inmate. Sources say the officer sustained fairly serious injuries as a result of the unconfirmed incident, in...

A man has been airlifted from Brading to a mainland hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance this afternoon (Friday). The life-saving helicopter landed at Brading recreation ground at 14:45 following a request for assistance from the...